‘Peace on border should remain our priority’: PM Modi to China’s Xi Jinping at BRICS summit

Maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border should remain our priority, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan.

This was the first formal meeting of the two leaders since the military standoff began in mid-2020 along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.

It came two days after New Delhi announced that India and China had reached a patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control “leading to the disengagement” of the two countries’ militaries in eastern Ladakh.

“We welcome the agreements that we have reached over the border,” Modi said at the start of the meeting with Xi on Wednesday. “Mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity should remain the basis of our relationship. I am confident that we will hold talks with an open heart and our discussions will be constructive.”

Met President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Kazan BRICS Summit.

India-China relations are important for the people of our countries, and for regional and global peace and stability.

Mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity will guide bilateral relations. pic.twitter.com/tXfudhAU4b— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 23, 2024

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